Salzmann’s Nodular surgery procedure and recovery

Hi! Unfortunately I have no advice. Was just diagnosed with this and weighing my options. What did you decide to do?

Hi. Oh where do I begin…Two weeks ago today I had one eye done, There was a lot of pain, discomfort and sensitivity to light ( natural and artificial) for 6 days until they took the lens out. Sensitively to light got even more intense after they removed the lens (in both eyes) but it is getting better every day. The surgery also changed my prescription which I can’t do anything about until they do my other eye and the cataract surgery. My long distance vision and clarity is now better without my glasses but close us it’s worse with and without my glasses. My follow up appointment is not until mid August and that is when I hope to be cleared for my next surgery. This surgery is not complicated but my recovery was no walk in the park. I hope yours will be easier.

About 20 years ago an Ophthalmologist told me to have another visit when my eyes were blurry as I'd need cataract surgery. So when I made an appointment found out it was not a cataract in my left eye, but a Salzmann's Nodule. It was not deemed urgent, so another 10 years passed until it was causing enough stigmatism that I needed glasses to correct for that. A year later I had the Nodule removed (Wednesday this week). It is now Sunday and my left eye is very cloudy and I can't see well at all. It could be the lens but I've tried using drops and it has not made a difference. I have an appointment in 2 weeks and the large contact will be taken out at that time. I took a close-up of my eye and do think the cornea shape is now more round rather than a football shape. My right eye is 20/20 so very excited to see if the left eye will do well in 2 weeks. And later when the cataract is more urgent to repair, will have that surgery. Love the Ophthalmologist but not liking some of the comments made by his technician. She apparently thought I could go back to work the very next day rather than the following week. And never filled my request for Prolenza. Maybe she thought I didn't need it? So by Saturday afternoon I told CVS to cancel the order and I just used more steroid and antibiotic that was prescribed following surgery.

Just had surgery to remove 2 nodules in my left eye. I was told it would hurt when the numbing drops wore off. The pain got worse and worse for about 15 hours. It was the worst pain I’ve ever had and oxycodone didn’t help. The only thing that helped the next day was 2 Vicodin which made the pain go away for 2-3 hours. I did not expect it to hurt this much.

I’m going for my first surgery this week. I normally don’t take pain meds if not needed. He assured me I would need them at least for first two days. Prescribed Tylenol with codiene. Am I going to need stronger pain Med?

@jlsochor59
I had my Salzman nodules removed about three years ago. They were discovered when I was going for cataract pre testing. . It was a long journey from nodules to cataracts to retina surgery, then laser surgery. For those of you who are going through or have gone through the nodule removal, I am surprised that everyone is having so much pain, I think I might’ve taken a prescribed medication the first night, but I really didn’t have pain in either eye. I believe it was when the nodules were done and then the cataracts that I could see so well I was amazed. I thought it was a miracle that my vision after all my years of wearing contacts and glasses I was gonna be able to see better than I ever had in my life. I had laser surgery a few months ago due to blurriness and worsened light sensitivity. I was told it was common and I’ve read about it after cataract surgery so I was excited to have that. A little bit of the blurriness and light sensitivity went away. I’m left with a great deal of light sensitivity also called photophobia. Even in my house, the light coming in the windows is sometimes too much. I did go to get a new prescription, hoping that this would help me to see distance better and read better unfortunately, due to scaring on my cornea’s from the removal of the nodules. I am not going to see better than this. Now I’m struggling to find some glasses that might be suitable for me to drive at night and cut down on the glare which just about blinds me. I am also looking for a pair of glasses that I can read with, I took an online eye test and I measured in at 4.0 in order to be able to read. I don’t know if they exist but if they do, I’ll find them. I don’t know what to do about the distance vision, even during the day will driving my distance vision isn’t great. It doesn’t sound like any of you has had these problems. . I went to wonderful doctors in the Boston area at the best hospitals there so I know that if there was anyway that I could see better they would have done that for me. Be happy if the only issue you had after surgery with some temporary pain. If anyone else has had scaring on their cornea after surgery, let me know if there was anything you did about it. I read there was a surgery that could help it, but I just don’t know about doing any more surgeries probably not a good idea..

Have you asked about scleral contact lenses? They are the only way I can see with Salzmann's. I can't tolerate even soft lenses any longer. I am looking at surgery to remove the nodule in my right eye. I am here hoping to hear some positive stories about successful surgeries.